Il Volo Official Rules

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NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

The SunSentinel.com "Il Volo" ticket giveaway (“Sweepstakes “) is sponsored by Sun-Sentinel Company (“Sponsor”), 333 SW 12th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442. Void where prohibited by law and outside the above-listed area. By entering, entrants agree to these Official Rules. Sweepstakes begins on August 21, 2012 at 12:01 A.M. ET and ends on August 31, 2012 at 11:59 P.M. (“Sweepstakes Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for this Sweepstakes

ELIGIBILITY

All entrants must be 18 years of age or older and permanent, legal U.S. residents residing in Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach counties, Florida, who are 18 & older as of 8/21/12. To be eligible for a prize, you also must have a valid social security or tax identification number. Employees (and their immediate family members (defined as spouse, parents, siblings or children) or household members (whether or not related) of Sponsor, Sunsentinel.com and SFL-TV and of their respective subsidiaries, sponsors, affiliates, parent companies, assignees, agencies, advertisers and franchisees are not eligible to win. Any member of a household in which a household member has been awarded a prize by Sponsor, Sunsentinel.com or SFL-TV in the last 6 months is ineligible.

During the Sweepstakes Period, you must go to SunSentinel.com/ilvolo, click on the "enter to win" sweepstakes link. You will be directed to the Sun Sentinel digital membership page, where you will be prompted to sign up for digital membership. Once you have signed up for digital membership, you are automatically entered to win, provided you meet the other eligibility requirements. Are you already a digital member? All active digital members of The Sun Sentinel as of 12:01 am ET on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 are automatically entered to win, provided you meet the other eligibility requirements. If you are not a digital member, you may also enter by filling out a 3x5 card with your name, home address, date of birth, email address and telephone number and mailing it The SunSentinel.com "Il Volo" ticket giveaway: c/o Debra Zobel: 333 SW 12th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 postmarked by 8/31/12 and received by 9/4/12. Incomplete entries will be disqualified. Limit one entry per person; multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void such entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Sponsor not responsible for electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind. The use of automated or third party software or web site to participate is prohibited. All entry forms become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged. The information that you provide in connection with the Sweepstakes will be used by Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at http://privacy.tribune.com and which may be updated from time to time.

PRIZE DRAWING

On 9/4/12 or within a reasonable time thereafter, Sponsor or its designee will randomly choose the winning entries from among all eligible entries. Subject to verification of eligibility, the person whose entry is so drawn will be declared the winners. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries.

WINNER NOTIFICATION

Sponsor will attempt to contact potential winners by phone or email in accordance with the information supplied to Sponsor on the winner’s entries. Winners may be verified over the telephone and may be asked to provide Sponsor with valid identification and execute a declaration of eligibility and a publicity release. Acceptable identification includes a valid driver's license or other valid picture ID showing name and address. Faxes will not be accepted. If any potential winner: (a) cannot be contacted directly by Sponsor within 48 hours from initial attempted notification, (b) fails to satisfy any eligibility or verification requirement herein, (c) declines to accept the prize, (d) does not respond to Sponsor or (e) is otherwise determined to be ineligible, Sponsor in its discretion may disqualify that individual and an alternate winner will be chosen by random drawing to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after initial winner is determined to be ineligible. Alternate winner is subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules. Sponsor will conduct no more than one alternate drawing. If Sponsor is unable to confirm an eligible winner after one alternate drawing, no further drawings will be conducted for that prize and that prize will not be awarded.

PRIZE

Four winners will each receive two tickets to see Il Volo at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach on September 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., ARV: $119.00. Total ARV of all prizes: $476.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS

Winners assume sole responsibility for all costs associated with the prize not explicitly outlined above. Winners are solely responsible for any applicable federal, state and local taxes in connection with the prize. Prize substitutions are not allowed, and prize is not transferable. Only Sponsor may elect, at its discretion, to substitute a prize of greater or equal value due to lack of availability for any reason. Winners must pick up prize at the Sun Sentinel’s office at 333 12th Ave. Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 during normal business hours (9 A.M. ET to 5 P.M. ET) no later than September 10, 2012.

RELEASES

Winners may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release as well as certain tax documents, and, if so, any required documentation must be signed and returned to Sponsor within 48 hours of the time Sponsor sends it to winner and prior to attending prize event. Failure to return such documentation will result in that winner being disqualified, and Sponsor may randomly draw another winner from among all remaining eligible entries. By accepting prize, winner agrees that Sponsor has the right to publicize the winner’s names, photograph (including the use and appearance of winner's photographs on Sponsor's web page, Facebook page and Twitter account), likenesses, biographical information, voice and details of winning for purposes of this and future promotions without further compensation.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

Entrants agree that Sponsor and the prize providers for this Sweepstakes and their subsidiaries, agents, agencies, affiliates, franchisees, promoters, and their respective officers, directors, employees, assigns, and related persons (a) are not responsible for lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, or for any failed, delayed, misdirected, corrupted, or garbled transmissions or errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic, or for entries that for any reason are not received by Sponsor by the deadlines stated above; (b) are not responsible for any injury or damage to any cell phone, computer, modem or other electrical device as a result of participation in this Sweepstakes or downloading of any software or materials; (c) will not be responsible for the inability to select winner because of equipment failure, or data storage failure; and (d) are released from any and all legal claims, losses, injuries, demands, damages, actions, and/or causes of actions that arise out of and/or in any way related to the prize, the receipt, use and/or enjoyment of the prize and/or the giveaway.

Sponsor is entitled to interpret these Official Rules -- including but not limited to rules regarding entries, selection of winner, deadlines, restrictions on prize, and eligibility -- and all of its decisions are final. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate or suspend the Internet portion of this Sweepstakes should any non-authorized intervention, network failure, information storage failure, telecommunications failure, malfunction, or other causes beyond its control, corrupt or impair the security, administration, fairness and/or operation of this Sweepstakes as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, at which time, Sponsor will select the winners by conducting a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect online entries received at the time of the Sweepstakes cancellation, termination or suspension and all eligible, non-suspect hard-copy entries received by the date set forth. Sponsor will post notice of any cancellation on the Sweepstakes website. Sponsor reserves the right to prohibit any entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes if, at its sole discretion, Sponsor finds such entrant to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes, or if such entrant shows a disregard for, or attempts to circumvent, these Official Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner Sponsor determines to be not fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other entrant or Sponsor; or (c) in any other disruptive manner. Any person attempting to defraud or tamper with this Sweepstakes in any way will be ineligible for the prize and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Tampering includes attempting to enter more than the number of entries permitted by these rules including by using an automated device. Any failure by Sponsor to enforce any of these Official Rules does not constitute a waiver of such Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to correct typographical or clerical errors in any Sweepstakes-related materials. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. If production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing from among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

DISPUTES

By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree that (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards will be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrants or of the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida. Any legal proceedings arising out of this Sweepstakes or relating to these Official Rules must be instituted only in the federal or state courts located in the State of Florida, County of Broward, and the parties consent to jurisdiction therein with respect to any legal proceedings or disputes of whatever nature arising under or relating to these rules. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

WINNERS LIST

For a copy of the final Winners List, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to The SunSentinel.com “Il Volo” ticket giveaway Winners List: c/o Debra Zobel: Sun Sentinel, 333 SW 12th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442. Winners’ names will be available after 9/7/12 and requests must be received by no later 11/30/12.